Advice regarding permitted work number of hours whilst receiving PIP and ESA

Hi all
Ive been reading the permitted work form and info sheet that goes with and googling for hours and I can't find this scenario covered, so reaching out to see if anyone has come across this.
Ive not worked for number of years now, due to several disabilities. I'm receiving PIP and ESA currently (support group) but want to try getting back to work. I've been struggling to find something under 16 hours.
Ive been offered job, but it's 18 hours per week (school term times only), so if I average over the year, it's quite a bit less than 16 hours per week.
Also the salary is paid monthly and is paid all year round and I think the weekly average is below the maximum 195 that can be earned.
Do you think DWP will accept averaging over a 12 month period? I've read you look for a repeating pattern and average over that, and this pattern only repeats annually.
Also, as I would only be working 39 weeks a year, would I need to find out what the weekly pay would be if I was only getting paid over 39 weeks and not being spread over 52 weeks (if it needs to be calculated over 39 weeks, I would be over the maximum weekly earnings)
Thanks for reading 🙂
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i am absolutely sure, the average would not work. it has to be no more earning then allowed per week… which is now smth like 195 or or 185.. this can be checked easily
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no no no… per week that what counts not average or whatever.. if y will earn a pound more
you PIP money will be taken back
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So the annual salary is just over 10k, which is paid monthly. If I divide annual salary by 52, it comes out at 192 ISH. So that was looking ok.
But the weekly hours are just over 16, but it's only working 39 weeks per year. Say 5 or 6 weeks working 18 hours, then no work for 1 or 2 weeks, then 7 weeks of no work through summer. So I was wondering if there is any way DWP will average the working hours out? If they average over a year, or 6 months, it would be working less than 16 hours per week on average. But if they do average it, would they do any sort of calculation in the weekly pay??
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the answer is no, no average it has to be the set by the government amount per week, and no averages
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Arrh that's a shame. Thanks for confirming.
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I found an FOI submitted to DWP asking for the JCP staff and decisions makers internal guidance, but it's from 2015 I think. It's a lengthy doc and there is some coverage on averaging hours, but presume thats outdated now.
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This is not correct. PIP is not means tested. It would never be 'taken back' due to any level of income.
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Hi,
Averaging hours is only for jobs with variable hours. And it is usually done over 5 weeks in those cases. There may be rare cases where it's averaged over a year, but I really can't see it being applied here when you are working a consistent 18 hours a week.
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